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"PinterestFacebookNominated by Riley McDuff, 25, Birmingham, Ala.\nWhy Emily is amazing:\nBefore she was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at age nine, Emily was the picture of health&amp;#8212;an active kid and a proud member of her local swim team. She faced the devastating diagnosis with her typical positive attitude and immediately focused on a way she could fight back. Just six weeks later, she was presiding over her first event to raise awareness and funds to benefit people living with the disease: a lap-swim in which donors pledged money for each lap Emily swam. The success of that event led to another swim, and in that difficult first year, she raised $50,000.\nToday, the Laps for CF Foundation has raised more than $2 million for cystic fibrosis research, treatment and patient care. It has expanded to include Chip in for a Cure, a golf tournament, and Sips for CF, a wine-tasting event, among others, and it has partnered with pool-product company BioGuard for a summerlong national campaign called Splash for CF. All donations go to state care centers, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and CF Hope for Alabama.\nIn her own words: &amp;quot;CF is something I deal with every day and can never take a spring break or vacation from; being able to channel my energy into a positive response to this challenge has been such a blessing.&amp;quot;\nVote for Emily Schreiber now!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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